Jean-Joseph Dassy

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Jean-Joseph Dassy, a French historical and portrait painter, and lithographer, was born at Marseilles on December 27, 1791 and died in the same city on July 27, 1865. He studied under and Girodet-Trioson, and commenced exhibiting at the Paris Salon in 1819. There are several pictures by him at Versailles, among which are 'The Battle of Saucourt' and 'Charibert.'

Biography[]

Jean-Joseph Dassy was born on December 27, 1791 in Marseille. His father was a mason. His younger brother Louis-Toussaint Dassy was destined for the priesthood while his other two younger brothers, Pierre and Hippolyte, helped their father in his marble workshop. Three of his sisters were nuns.

Initially a student of Goubaud and Aubert at the École des Beaux-Arts in Marseille, he then went to Paris where, in 1817, he became one of the best students of Girodet-Trioson.[1]

Works[]

Historical scenes[]

Museum of Art and History of Cholet[]

  • General Précy, 1829,[2] deposit of the National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon, 1914.

Hall of the Crusades, Versailles[]

  • Combat of Robert, Duke of Normandy, with a Saracen Warrior

National Museum of the Castles of Versailles and Trianon[]

  • Caribert, Frankish King of Paris and Western Gaul (died in 567)
  • Louis I the Pious (778-840), Emperor of the West

Religious scenes[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Masson, Paul (under the direction of), Encyclopédie départementale des Bouches-du-Rhône (in French), Departmental archives of the Bouches-du-Rhône, Marseille, 17 volumes published from 1913 to 1937, Volume VI, p. 402.
  2. ^ "The works of Jean-Joseph Dassy". L'Internaute. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

References[]

  • Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainBryan, Michael (1886). "Dassy, Jean Joseph". In Graves, Robert Edmund (ed.). Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers (A–K). I (3rd ed.). London: George Bell & Sons.

Further reading[]

  • Parrocel, Étienne-Antoine (1862). "Annales de la peinture" (in French). Ch. Albessard and Bérard. pp. 428–429.
  • Alauzen, André; Laurent Noet (1986). Dictionnaire des peintres et sculpteurs de Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (in French). Jeanne Laffitte. p. 148. ISBN 9782862764412.


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